The game is a side-scrolling platform game.
At the beginning of each stage, the player is given a choice of four protagonists to control: Imajin/Mario, Mama/Luigi, Papa/Toad, and Lina/Princess Toadstool. Each character has different strengths: Imajin/Mario runs faster; Mama/Luigi can jump the highest of the four; Papa/Toad can run and pluck vegetables the fastest but is the poorest jumper; and Lina/Peach can jump the farthest, due to her ability to hover for a short time, though she is the slowest runner and slowest at plucking items from the ground.
GAME, FUN, CLASSICAL, ARCADE